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Control of the rental-home industry by Wall Street began during the Great Recession, when many families lost their homes and had to move into rentals. As the foreclosure crisis deepened, Wall Street began snatching up homes for pennies on the dollar, and now real estate is the third-busiest industry for mergers in America.

“Putin announced last month that Russia would expel 755 U.S. diplomats and technical personnel from the country in response to new sanctions imposed by Congress intended to punish Russia for its interference in the 2016 election. The bill passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, and Trump signed it in into law, though he did so while calling it “seriously flawed” and attaching a signing statement that detailed what he deemed its ‘unconstitutional provisions.’”

The impending release of a key government report on climate change will force President Trump to choose between accepting the conclusions of his administration’s scientists and the demands of his conservative supporters, who remain deeply unconvinced that humans are the cause of the planet’s warming.

“Has President Trump told you about the time the head of the Boy Scouts called to say his was the best speech ever delivered to the more than century-old organization? What about when the president of Mexico picked up the telephone to let him know that his tough enforcement efforts at the border were paying off handsomely?”

Despite President Trump’s past claims that he would not cut legal immigration, on Wednesday said he backs legislation — a skills-based immigration system — that would cut immigration in half and made it much more difficult for people to migrate to the U.S. legally.